[WiX-users] How to get the current user in WiX?

Is there a way to get the current user's name and password in the wix code? I need it to install services, as the user who is logged in -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC

[WiX-users] Problem with MSI and EXE

Hi Here is the problem I have: I using WIX project to generate a 64 bit MSI. I am using Clickonce Bootstrapper packages. So the WIX project creates SetUp.Exe and SetUp.MSI. The problem i have is When i run the SetUp.MSI alone it says that all the prerequisites are present (and yes they are

Re: [WiX-users] running deffered managed custom actions with elevated privileges

Deferred CustomActions can run non-Impersonated and then they are elevated (assuming the MSI UAC prompt was accepted). Scott Sam wrote: I've used dtf to create some custom actions that execute deffered. The problem that I'm having is that these CA's need to be run with elevated privileges.

Re: [WiX-users] SqlDatabase with multiple data files?

Just a thought... In the past, I decided to put database management out of the installer Wix-part. The installation of the database was not the issue, but once you need to maintenance the troubles start. You'll need to determine the database version, make the necessary upgrades to the

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the current user in WiX?

I don't think there is ever a way to get the user's password as plain text. The user's name is in a standard MSI Property. sandun css wrote: Is there a way to get the current user's name and password in the wix code? I need it to install services, as the user who is logged in

[WiX-users] Bootstrap x86 + x64 Framework v2?

Hi, I've created an MSI using Votive and have amended the WiX project file to build a bootstrapper after build following a guide of the WiX site. The WinForms app the MSI installs requires .NET v2, which is installed by the bootstrapper as per below: ItemGroup BootstrapperFile

Re: [WiX-users] Installer for an WebProject

Thanks, the -sfrag switch helped. But there is a new problem. The automatic generated File have following content: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; Fragment Directory Id=Debug Name=Debug There a many Files, Directorys

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the current user in WiX?

Yes. I could get the user name as [LogonUser]. But, I need that value to be in another property. (i.e. Property Id=MYPROP Value=[LogonUser]/ ) But, the above code doesn't work. How can I achive it ? On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Rob Mensching r...@wixtoolset.org wrote: I don't think there

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrap x86 + x64 Framework v2?

Hi I had the similar issue.. In the bootstrapper Package I combined X86 and X64 together and that worked... Thank you Anweshi From: Ben Cheetham b...@softfooding.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:59:03 PM Subject:

[WiX-users] Help needed

Hi Everyone, I am a newbie to Wix and i'm using .NET 2.0, Visual Studio 2005, Wix 2.0. I need to check to some of the conditions before my application starts the installtion. It should check for .NET 2.0 or higher version if not found it should install it. I used the help from

[WiX-users] Setting default value of a property

Hi, I have a property called 'USERNAME'. I need to set its default value to the 'LogonUser'. (user name) How can I do that? Sandun. -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC

Re: [WiX-users] Setting default value of a property

You should use Type 51 (set a property) custom action for this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368237(VS.85).aspx# -- Yan -Original Message- From: sandun css [mailto:sandun...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:04 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] Installer for an WebProject

Leave your Product.wxs as is, don't include DirectoryRef under Directory, but instead wrap your generated fragment contents into DirectoryRef, something like this: Fragment DirectoryRef Id=INSTALLLOCATION Directory Id=Debug Name=Debug . /Directory /DirectoryRef /Fragment

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the current user in WiX?

SetProperty. Have you read any of the documentation? Many of the questions you've asked could be answered by spending a little time working through the available documentation. sandun css wrote: Yes. I could get the user name as [LogonUser]. But, I need that value to be in another property.

Re: [WiX-users] Installer for an WebProject

Heat isn't designed to work in a CI system today. Bahn Thomas wrote: Yes, this works. How i can use this in a buildserver for continous integration? I create the Gernerated.wxs automatic by the buildserver. It overwrite my changes in the file. Von:

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrap x86 + x64 Framework v2?

Hi, Combine them how? Do you mean you actually combined the files into one single executable? Thanks, Ben -Original Message- From: Anu Dev [mailto:queryl...@yahoo.com] Sent: 27 February 2009 11:38 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrap x86 + x64

[WiX-users] is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a File .../ entry with Assembly=.net defined?

is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a File .../ entry with Assembly=.net defined? -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC

Re: [WiX-users] Help needed

Hi When you install Visual Studio on your machine you will have the Bootstrapper packages (like for .Net Franework , SQL Express etc) already created.. You can utilize them... they perform all the checks.. and if you need you can customize it Thank you Anweshi

[WiX-users] Installing Windows WCF Service

I have created a WiX 3.0 (Windows Installer XML Toolset, Version 3.0.4526.0) installer to install a Windows WCF Service. When I install the service under a domain account (my credentials) I get the following failure: Product: IDSService -- Error 1923. Service 'IDSService' (IDSService) could not

Re: [WiX-users] Launching an application at the end of Install (usingWIX V2)

It's my understanding there's still an issue. The launched program is running as limited Administrator. If it offers anything that can Shell launch an executable that has a requiresAdministrator manifest then that program will then prompt to elevate to administrator. A file Browse dialog might

Re: [WiX-users] Installing Windows WCF Service

Did you check to make sure your account has log on as a service rights? Pierson Lee (PIE) wrote: I have created a WiX 3.0 (Windows Installer XML Toolset, Version 3.0.4526.0) installer to install a Windows WCF Service. When I install the service under a domain account (my credentials) I get

Re: [WiX-users] Installing Windows WCF Service

Yes, but that should give me an error Service Failed to start. util:User Id=ServiceUser Name=[SERVICE_USERNAME] Domain=[SERVICE_DOMAIN] CreateUser=no LogonAsService=yes / -Original Message- From: cemiles [mailto:chad.mi...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:06 AM To:

[WiX-users] Error when compiling a wix source file with a copyright symbol

Hello all, I'm attempting to upgrade from wix 3.0.2925.0 to 3.0.5020.0 but now I'm getting this error message: A string was provided which does not match the specified database codepage '1252'. Either set your database codepage to match these characters, or change these characters to ones that

Re: [WiX-users] running deffered managed custom actions with elevated privileges

Thanks that did it. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 5:42 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] running deffered managed custom actions with elevated privileges Deferred

Re: [WiX-users] Launching an application at the end of Install (usingWIX V2)

Wilson, Phil wrote: It's my understanding there's still an issue. The launched program is running as limited Administrator. If it offers anything that can Shell launch an executable that has a requiresAdministrator manifest then that program will then prompt to elevate to administrator.

Re: [WiX-users] Error when compiling a wix source file with a copyright symbol

Aaron Carlson wrote: A string was provided which does not match the specified database codepage '1252'. Either set your database codepage to match these characters, or change these characters to ones that exist in the database's codepage. I was able to narrow the error down to having the

Re: [WiX-users] SUPPORTDIR for WIX

Hey Akash, I haven't used InstallShield since version 11 but don't remember that directory. You can create a Directory Id=SUPPORTDIR Name=SupporDir / element inside your directory structure. Thanks, Brian Rogers Intelligence removes complexity. - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Thu, Feb

[WiX-users] [Wix-Users] 64bit Quiet Execution CustomAction on Wix2

Is there CAQuietExec64 on Wix2? http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/qtexec.htm It doesn't look like and attempting to use it doesn't produce any results. So is there any way at all to run scripts in 64-bit on Wix2 besides creating your own 64bit DLL? -- Oleksandr Lozitskiy Wealth is the

[WiX-users] Suppressing ICE33 validation warnings

Seems wix doesn't favor advertising using class tables for COM components. Though it allows advertising, it is not a big supporter of that feature. But, when validating my MSI using ORCA, I get a lot of ICE33 validation warnings (if I don't advertise). Is there a way I can suppress this ICE33

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0: How to CopyFile

Hi Brian, Many thanks. I took your advice and made the code change. It works now. Here is the working code: Component Id=CopyAppIcoFile Guid=97B5836B-E1AB-4910-8C00-91EE2A25F399 CopyFile Id=MyCopyFiles FileId=FILE_APPICO DestinationProperty=FOLDER_IMAGES /

Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a File .../ entry with Assembly=.net defined?

Our service deliverable msi is installing a biztalk 2009 application. As is the case with all things bts everything it uses needs to get deployed to the gac. One of those bts resource dll's makes use of the vs08 settings designer/api for externally exposing runtime settings you want to be

[WiX-users] can I expect that a ServiceControl ... / entry without the Remove attribte specified just handles start/stop behavior of an existing service and does not try and install and/or remove it

can I expect that a ServiceControl Id=BtsSvc Name=BTSSvc$BizTalkServerApplication Start=both Stop=both Wait=no / entry without the Remove attribte specified just handles start/stop behavior of an existing service and does not try and install and/or remove it?

Re: [WiX-users] MakeSfxCA and project output

Thanks John for the investigation, it wasn't obvious to me before what the root cause was. So... what this means is, SfxCA just doesn't support subdirectories in the CA package. Perhaps I should have documented that limitation but honestly I think it was an oversight in the implementation and

Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a File .../ entry with Assembly=.net defined?

Oh Biztalk, yet another Microsoft product that didn't think about deployment properly. Sorry for being cynical and unhelpful but this one has bitten me before! Neil -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:robert.obr...@microsoft.com] Sent: 27 February 2009 23:10 To: 'General

[WiX-users] How to change the installed config file after msi setup

Hi, I am not sure if this is a wix question. But I prefer to get some advise from the setup expert here. I want to make an msi to install files (application.exe and application.exe.config) into Program Files Folder, and then from msi to launch another application to modify the

[WiX-users] Overwrite File during Install

Hello, If the WiX installer project is using one MSM + other files in it, is it possible to overwrite the file that was included in MSM in WiX? Ex: My WiX 3.0 installer project is using one MSM file (Framework binaries and files like html) + the binaries and files of the application, which